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Technology Credit Union announces financing relationship with Tesla Motors

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Tech CU (Technology Credit Union) is working with Tesla Motors as a preferred financing partner for their Model S, Model X and Roadster electric vehicles, offering up to 100% financing with a competitive annual percentage rate (APR). Tech CU is among the first credit unions in the country to offer car loans for Tesla vehicles.

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Tesla, BMW Chat Over Possible Partnership, Elon Musk Says

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BMW and Tesla Motors are both committed to offering mass-market luxury electric cars, which would seem to make them natural rivals. RELATED: Tesla And BMW: Natural Competitors In Electric Cars, One Day In an interview with the German newspaper Der Spiegel published on Sunday (via.'

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BMW: No Interest In Tesla Cooperation, Musk Was Posturing For PR

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BMW and Tesla Motors seem like potential electric-car rivals, but over the past week there''s been much talk of a possible collaboration between the two carmakers. MORE: Tesla.'

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Do The BMW i3 And i8 Electric Cars Pose A Threat To Tesla?

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With the 2014 BMW i3 battery-electric car now being delivered to its first buyers, and the range-extended i3 REx version to follow within several weeks, BMW is at last in the business of selling electric cars in volume.

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How Audi, BMW & Mercedes Plan To Compete With Tesla--And Why

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We already know that in the next few years, we''ll see a slew of mid-size SUVs offered with plug-in hybrid powertrains--most from luxury brands like Audi, BMW, Mercedes, Porsche, and Range Rover. But the German luxury marques are making plans to compete more directly with Tesla Motors and its Model S all-electric long-range luxury sedan.

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What brands do Tesla buyers also look at? BMW should worry

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Looking at their future product plans, the established German luxury carmakers have now clearly started to take electric-car maker Tesla Motors seriously. Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and Porsche are all expected to launch at least one Tesla-targeting electric vehicle apiece over the next few years.

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Nissan Battery Strategy, Panasonic's Tesla Gigafactory Investment, BMW i3 Incentives: Today's Car News

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Nissan president and CEO Carlos Ghosn explains that the Japanese carmaker isn''t wedded to its own electric-car batteries, Panasonic announces its first round of investment in the Tesla Motors "gigafactory," and we analyze BMW i3 incentives. BMW i3 electric-car incentives are.' All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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